Provision of Proficiency Testing Scheme

Tender description

The Scottish Government, through Marine Directorate is inviting a tender for the provision of a proficiency testing scheme for contaminants in sediment and biota and water quality parameters. Lot 1: Marine Directorate require a supplier to provide a proficiency testing scheme for both sediment and biota exercises for organic contaminants and their supporting determinands, and water samples for chlorophyll, nutrients, salinity and ocean acidification parameters. The concentrations in the samples provided should be representative of the marine environment. There should be at least one exercise per year and the supplier should be accredited (ISO17043) for the provision of laboratory proficiency testing.